From 695dee07ab948b049ec8dbeb4db93f5e6ad9656d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nowrep Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:09:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] FreeBSD raster graphics system workaround in FAQ. --- FAQ | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index af3c33a57..bb6ed5dfe 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Q: Search engines are not saved through restarts. Q: Cannot find Import bookmarks feature. Q: How to change User Agent. Q: Browser is using ugly theme and cannot find any translations. +Q: Empty window when trying to run on FreeBSD Q: I have been told to look for a file in my profile directory. So where are all my profile data stored? @@ -124,3 +125,24 @@ A: You have probably downloaded tarball for other Linux distributions and execut If you are not using tarball for other Linux distributions, didn't you forget to run make install? + +Q: I have successfully compiled QupZilla on FreeBSD, but when I tried to run it, only + blank window appeared. Is QupZilla incompatible with FreeBSD? +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +A: There is problem with raster graphics system on FreeBSD with (probably) NVIDIA drivers. + You can workaround it by running QupZilla with native graphics system: + qupzilla -graphicssystem native + but running with native graphics system is very slow. + + To fix this issue, you have to set 3 sysctls: + kern.ipc.shmmax=67108864 + kern.ipc.shmall=32768 + kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed=1 + + You can do it by + a) put them in /etc/sysctl.conf and run '/etc/rc.d/sysctl restart' + b) set them manually with + 'sysctl kern.ipc.shmmax=67108864' + 'sysctl kern.ipc.shmall=32768' + 'sysctl kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed=1' + commands (without ' of course)